Ice Age on ice as movie is set for live show
Warhorse painting becomes reality
What is your word (or expression) of the year?
13:12 UK time, Wednesday, 23 November 2011
With terms like Arab Spring and fracking on offer, wordsmiths plumped for an odd choice of expression of the year.
2 December 2011
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Scorsese's Hugo wins movie prize 
Film director Martin Scoresese's 3D family tale Hugo is named best film by the National Board of Review in the US.
NY Opera talks end in stalemate
The New York City Opera declares a stalemate with unions in contract talks over pay and conditions.
Author sues over Cowboys movie
A US writer takes legal action against the makers of Cowboys and Aliens, claiming he had the idea prior to a comic book series produced in 2006.
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Arts & culture
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Author Christa Wolf dies aged 82
Christa Wolf, one of the best known authors from the former East Germany, dies in Berlin at the age of 82 after a long illness.
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Poet Parra wins Cervantes Prize
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Free museums show rise in visits
Film
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Streep defends Thatcher portrayal
Actress Meryl Streep defends her portrayal of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as a frail old woman suffering from dementia in The Iron Lady.
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Scorsese takes blockbuster stand
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Scarface remake 'enlists writer'
Music
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Adele nominated for six Grammys
Adele is up for six Grammys, including song and record of the year, for Rolling in the Deep, and best album, for 21.
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Lenny Kravitz gets French honour
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Jackson doctor given four years
TV & radio
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Sky to revive The Southbank Show
Broadcaster Melvyn Bragg is to bring back long-running arts programme The South Bank Show for Sky Arts next year, it is announced.
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Hasselhoff 'not returning' to BGT
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China bans TV drama advertising
Watch/Listen
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Liz Taylor collection up for auction01:46
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Lifetime award for director Frears03:37
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Debbie Reynolds's Hollywood auction04:29
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Scorsese on his homage to cinema06:25
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Katie and Peter libel and more news02:11
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Kapoor: Bollywood to Hollywood03:48
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Wilde's restored tomb unveiled02:10
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Mars on album of the year nomination01:08
Features & analysis
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Saving 3D
Can Martin Scorsese's Hugo turn round the struggling format?
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Dirty Picture?
New biopic recalls India's ill-fated film siren Silk Smitha
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Best kept secret
The band handpicked to support Radiohead
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In pictures
Dame Helen Mirren joins the party at the Bafta LA Awards
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Shame game
Will Steve McQueen film on sex addiction benefit from adult rating?
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'I'll sing until I kick it'
Debbie Reynolds shows no signs of stopping
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Flash mob photos
Ivory Coast photographers stage surprise picture event
Quote of the Day
Hollywood star Ben Stiller on receiving Bafta's LA award for excellence in comedy“It's British. So it makes you feel important and proper. It feels very proper”
Elsewhere on the BBC
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Right move
Why new mapping websites give you more than just the correct directions
Programmes
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Talking Movies
From Bollywood to Hollywood – why the move can be fraught with difficulties for Indian stars
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World Book Club
The world's best authors discuss their best known novel with presenter Harriett Gilbert
The Strand
Meet Ecuadorian writer Miguel Antonio Chávez, one of the rising literary names to watch
